** Although he does wear swastikas, as revealed in the third book. However, he has only the vaguest idea what they represent, or why wearing them when you've time travelled back to 1943 is a bad idea.

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** Although he does wear swastikas, as revealed in the third book. However, he has only the vaguest idea what they represent, or why wearing them when you've time travelled traveled back to 1943 is a bad idea.

* The Creator/KimNewman short story "[[Literature/DiogenesClub The End of the Pier Show]]" revolves around a young policeman who's gone undercover in a white supremacist skinhead gang, only to get caught up in a more supernatural form of evil to whom the skinheads, constantly depicted as a bunch of over-macho and violent but ultimately inconsequential thugs who pale in comparison to the [[ThoseWackyNazis horrors of the people who inspired them]]. Throughout the story, he expresses discomfort with having shaved all his previously long flowing hair off, but by the end he's used to it and even after getting reassigned to other duties decides to keep the look, deciding that the skin look deserves to be reclaimed.

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* The Creator/KimNewman short story "[[Literature/DiogenesClub The End of the Pier Show]]" revolves around a young policeman who's gone undercover in a white supremacist skinhead gang, only to get caught up in a more supernatural form of evil to whom the skinheads, constantly depicted as a bunch of over-macho and violent but ultimately inconsequential thugs who thugs, pale in comparison to (along with the [[ThoseWackyNazis horrors of the people who inspired them]]. Throughout the story, he expresses discomfort with having shaved all his previously long flowing hair off, but by the end he's used to it and even after getting reassigned to other duties decides to keep the look, deciding that the skin look deserves to be reclaimed.

* Barry Kent of the ''Literature/AdrianMole'' books is one in the early books. He is racist at first, but in the second book becomes an anti-racist after a politician from the Send 'Em Back Where They Came From Party comes around to the school looking for support to deport everyone not of Anglo-Saxon blood. Kent threatens him with bodily harm and joins a group called Rock Against Racism.

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* Barry Kent of the ''Literature/AdrianMole'' books is one in the early books. He is racist at first, but in the second book becomes an anti-racist after a politician from the Send 'Em Back Where They Came From Party comes around to the school looking for support to deport everyone not of Anglo-Saxon blood. Kent threatens him with bodily harm and joins a group called Rock Against Racism.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Tea Peter", the government has been shut down and the town has gone to hell. In one scene, Mort has dyed his hair blond and his hiding from a group of skinheads, and proceeds to sell out his own people.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Tea Peter", the government has been shut down and the town has gone to hell. In one scene, Mort has dyed his hair blond and his is hiding from a group of skinheads, and proceeds to sell out his own people.

The original movement still exists and has spread to cities on all continents, but because of the Aryans, they don't refer to themselves as 'skinheads' anymore. They are longest-lived subculture currently existing, probably due to remaining under the mainstream radar, which they're content to continue doing. The Aryans simply co-opted a few costume elements, and care less about preserving the movement than their own high profile.

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The original movement still exists and has spread to cities on all continents, but because of the Aryans, they don't refer to themselves as 'skinheads' anymore. They are the longest-lived subculture currently existing, probably due to remaining under the mainstream radar, which they're content to continue doing. The Aryans simply co-opted a few costume elements, and care less about preserving the movement than their own high profile.

* Barry Kent of the ''Literature/AdrianMole'' books is one in the early books. He is racist at first, but in the second book becomes an anti-racist after a politician from the Send 'Em Back Where They Came From Party comes around to the school looking for support to deport everyone not of Anglo-Saxon blood. Kent threatens him with bodily harm and joins a group called Rock Against Racism.

* In the revival series of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the costume theme for each Doctor is (by admission of WordOfGod) based on a British subculture. Both the Ninth Doctor and the Twelfth Doctor were modeled after different kinds of skinhead - the Twelfth the more classic, 1960s-style kind, with close-cropped but not shaved hair, brogues with Doc Marten's-like soles and a Crombie coat; and the Ninth the 00s, LGBT-skinhead kind with a crew cut, more conventional Doc Martens and lots of leather.

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* In the revival series of ''Series/DoctorWho'', the show struggled with a [[{{Badbutt}} middle class BBC approach]] to young thugs. (See [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS25E3SilverNemesis}} "Silver Nemesis"]], a Seventh Doctor serial.)** In the revival series, the costume theme for each Doctor is (by admission of WordOfGod) based on a British subculture. Both the Ninth Doctor and the Twelfth Doctor were modeled after different kinds of skinhead - the Twelfth the more classic, 1960s-style kind, with close-cropped but not shaved hair, brogues with Doc Marten's-like soles and a Crombie coat; and the Ninth the 00s, LGBT-skinhead kind with a crew cut, more conventional Doc Martens and lots of beat-up leather.

* A major feature on British cop shows, as you would expect. Especially in period dramas: On ''Series/LifeOnMars'' they were [[StupidCrooks inept clowns]] (not even the real killers, just a red herring).

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* A major feature on British cop shows, as you would expect. Especially in period dramas: On ''Series/LifeOnMars'' ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]'' they were [[StupidCrooks inept clowns]] (not even the real killers, just a red herring).

* A major feature on British cop shows, as you would expect. Especially in period dramas: On ''Series/LifeOnMArs'' they were [[StupidCrooks inept clowns]] (not even the real killers, just a red herring). ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently'' portrays them slightly more sympathetically.

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* A major feature on British cop shows, as you would expect. Especially in period dramas: On ''Series/LifeOnMArs'' ''Series/LifeOnMars'' they were [[StupidCrooks inept clowns]] (not even the real killers, just a red herring). herring). -->'''Gene''': The NF are far too stupid for that. That could stick a shotgun up me arse, pull the trigger two times and still miss.** ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently'' portrays them slightly more sympathetically.

* A major feature on British cop shows, as you would expect. Especially in period dramas: On ''Series/LifeOnMArs'' they were [[StupidCrooks inept clowns]] (not even the real killers, just a red herring). ''Series/InspectorGeorgeGently'' portrays them slightly more sympathetically.-->'''John''': It's getting to where I don't even understand the crimes anymore.\\'''Gently''': They told ''my'' generation, 'keep your nose clean work, hard young.' Young people today know that's a lie. What if these toe rags are the future, John? What then?

Skinheads first truly emerged in British culture in the '60s, following the long post-war economic boom. They were working class youth who made use of their money by buying clothes that reflected their lifestyles (straight-leg jeans, work boots, braces [suspenders], and occasionally suits) and going to dance halls to enjoy styles such as ska and rocksteady. They were technically [[ScooterRidingMods mods]] (more famously known for their upper-class, more refined image), but broke off from the other mods around the late '50s and became their own subculture, eventually becoming known as skinheads around the late '60s.

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Skinheads first truly emerged in British culture in the '60s, following the long post-war economic boom. They were working class youth who made use of their money by buying clothes that reflected their lifestyles (straight-leg jeans, work boots, braces [suspenders], and occasionally suits) and going to dance halls to enjoy styles such as ska and rocksteady. They were technically [[ScooterRidingMods [[ScooterRidingMod mods]] (more famously known for their upper-class, more refined image), but broke off from the other mods around the late '50s and became their own subculture, eventually becoming known as skinheads around the late '60s.

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